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by Pmacaula
Thu Feb 25, 2021 8:47 pm
Forum: Garage Talk
Topic: T-thinline style build
Replies: 13
Views: 2997

Re: T-thinline style build

All great looking guitars. Especially love the blue one and the way the grain pattern is carried from the fretboard to the headstock. Here is the one of my sons and I built (from scratch - 2nd guitar, our first thinline). The 'J' holes are because that is his first initial. I need to improve my guit...
by Pmacaula
Wed Feb 03, 2021 5:47 pm
Forum: Speakers and Cabinets
Topic: Cabinet wood
Replies: 18
Views: 5797

Re: Cabinet wood

Can't speak for others, but I have used t-nuts/machine screws. It ensures a solid connection and the ability to take the baffle in/out more than once or twice without risk of wood damage leading to loss of grip after a few times in/out of the wood. The one caution is, if the screws are going from th...
by Pmacaula
Fri Jan 15, 2021 10:15 pm
Forum: Garage Talk
Topic: Grain is TOO glossy! How to smooth it out?
Replies: 12
Views: 2440

Re: Grain is TOO glossy! How to smooth it out?

Suggest you ask the guys in the 'Finely Finished' subforum of TDPRI. There is a lot of pretty deep expertise there....
https://www.tdpri.com/forums/finely-finished.47/
by Pmacaula
Thu Dec 24, 2020 2:23 pm
Forum: Dumble Files
Topic: Editable Ceriatone OTS Faceplate Templates -- Merry Christmas
Replies: 1
Views: 4745

Re: Editable Ceriatone OTS Faceplate Templates

ProfM - Thanks ! Very good of you :-)
by Pmacaula
Wed Dec 16, 2020 1:25 pm
Forum: Technical Discussion
Topic: Capacitor outer foil test device
Replies: 32
Views: 8001

Re: Capacitor outer foil test device

...I could read Orange Drops are more sensitive than Mallory 150, on this forum. I had hard times managing to find the outer foil of Mallory 150 (or similar) caps by ear, myself. ChopSauce - thanks ! At first, I tried finding the outer foil end of the 0.1uF Mallory caps using the 'finger squeeze' t...
by Pmacaula
Wed Dec 16, 2020 3:01 am
Forum: Technical Discussion
Topic: Capacitor outer foil test device
Replies: 32
Views: 8001

Re: Capacitor outer foil test device

Sorry for resurrecting a zombie thread, but this looked like the best spot to ask a few questions. Thought some might be interested in what testing looks like. Used the scope on an Analog Discovery 2 & zip-tied the cap to a plugged-in 120VAC line. You can see material differences in induced voltage ...